Julie Mehta is a writer and editor from the San Francisco Bay Area. She was a finalist for the PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship and has published fiction in Flash Fiction Magazine, Literary Mama, ScribesMICRO, and other publications. Learn more at https://www.juliemehta.com/ and find her @meaningseeker on social media.
Mama says she must sleep for a long time. Her children do not understand. Her husband does not either, not completely. Of course the children have noticed how much Mama naps lately, how slowly she moves. How it’s been...